A 38-year-old medical representative in Ranchi in Jharkhand was beaten to death on January 1 by a group of drunk men as he tried to prevent them from attacking a woman. The victim, Srikant Bhardwaj, reportedly made calls to the police but as when they reached the assailants had already fled after beating up Bhardwaj and his three friends. All the injured were admitted to a hospital where Bhardwaj later...
11:57 AM, Jan 04, 2013
Ranchi is most likely to host the semi-final, final and third-fourth place play-off matches of the inaugural HIL. ...
05:49 PM, Jan 01, 2013
In Ranchi a teenager committed suicide after she was allegedly sexually harassed by a group of youth. The incident happened at Chatakpur. The victim poured kerosene and set herself ablaze. Police have taken the accused men into custody and have launched a probe. ...
10:28 PM, Dec 16, 2012
Ranchi: A girl allegedly committed suicide on Saturday at Chatakpur in Ranchi after being molested. She poured an inflammable substance and set herself ablaze, a senior police officer with the Ratu police station said. She was upset over being molested and took the extreme step, he said. The officer added that further investigations were on to establish the details. ...
10:11 AM, Dec 16, 2012
New Delhi: Ranchi Rhinos, one of the franchises in the upcoming Hockey India League, has roped in South Africa's Gregg Clark as its head coach along with two-time Olympian Baljit Singh Saini. Baljit is an Arjuna awardee and is also the head coach of India's junior men's team. Under his guidance, the Indian team recently won a silver medal at the Sultan of Johor Cup in Malaysia. Clark, who is...
11:53 AM, Dec 15, 2012
The competition is expected to comprise up to six privately owned city-based teams. ...
09:00 AM, Dec 14, 2012
New Delhi: Former Australian player and coach Ric Charlesworth was roped in as coach of the Mumbai franchise for the upcoming Hockey India League starting next year. "The Burman family is proud to welcome Ric Charlesworth to the Mumbai team. Ric brings a wealth of experience to the role," Dabur Vice Chairman Amit Burman said in a statement. "His track record and reputation as a player, great teacher and as...
12:10 PM, Dec 04, 2012
The Indian Badminton League, modelled on the Indian Premier League (IPL), will be played from June 24-July 13 next year. ...
12:43 PM, Nov 12, 2012
The Sun TV network, owners of the Hyderabad IPL franchise, has retained 20 players, but opted not to retain Bravo. ...
05:35 PM, Nov 03, 2012
Lalit Modi had claimed that Board president N Srinivasan was trying to gift the Hyderabad franchise to his friends. ...
08:03 PM, Oct 27, 2012
City based SUN TV Network has won the IPL Hyderabad franchise for a sum of Rs.85.05 crore a year. ...
11:18 PM, Oct 25, 2012
CNN-IBN takes a look at how the Sun TV Network won the bid for the Hyderabad franchise and the challenges lie ahead for them. ...
10:04 PM, Oct 25, 2012
The Chennai-based TV network beat Hyderabad's PVP Ventures to become the new member of the IPL family. ...
01:03 PM, Oct 25, 2012
Hyderabad's PVP Ventures and Noida-based Jaypee Group are certain to bid, with the base price around Rs 600 crore. ...
11:48 AM, Oct 25, 2012
Ranchi: The Jharkhand High Court on Sunday asked the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) to admit a student who was earlier denied admission because his marksheet was in Hindi. Single Judge bench of Justice DN Patel said Hindi was an official language under Article 343 of the Constitution, and the institute cannot deny any student the right to admission because his state issued marksheets in Hindi. Tausif Raza, a native...
09:02 PM, Oct 07, 2012
New Delhi: Business house Wave Group has taken up the Delhi franchise in the much-hyped Hockey India League, making it the fourth of the six teams which will compete in the tournament starting in January next year. Hockey India on Monday announced that Wave Group, under Gurdeep Singh 'Ponty' Chadha, would own the Delhi franchise in the HIL. This would be the business group's maiden foray in the world of...
07:31 PM, Sep 17, 2012
Ranchi: In a bizarre incident in Ranchi, a man was first shot dead and then his killers beheaded him and took away his head with them, police said on Tuesday. The victim, Vinod Rawani, was apparently murdered due to a family dispute. Rawani, who had two wives, was living with his family at Ratu Bazar in Ranchi. Four unidentified assailants barged into his house late on Monday night and shot...
05:55 PM, Sep 11, 2012
It has been learnt that the base price for the cash-strapped franchise could be fixed between Rs 550 and 700 crore. ...
08:25 AM, Sep 05, 2012
Ranchi: The seizure of a US-made assault rifle from two men in a jungle bordering Bihar in Jharkhand has created a flutter in the state with the police saying they would investigate if a network of suppliers of foreign-made weapons were reaching out to Maoists. The police have confiscated the M16 rifle. M16 has been the primary service rifle of the US armed forces since the Vietnam War. Apart from...
01:17 PM, Sep 01, 2012
Patna: Prince Pandey, one of the accused in the murder of Ranvir Sena chief Brahmeshwar Singh, was arrested near Ranchi, capital of Jharkhand, police said on Friday. Prince Pandey was believed to be among those who shot Ranvir Sena chief Brahmeshwar Singh. He was arrested by a joint team of Bihar and Jharkhand police, following a tip-off from intelligence officials. Brahmeshwar Singh was shot dead in Arrah town, district headquarters...
03:00 PM, Aug 31, 2012
